Read something into something meaning
Read something into something is a phrasal verb that means to assign an importance or meaning to an action or remark that may not be present.
- Past simple
- read something into something
- Past participle
- read something into something
- -ing form
- reading something into something
What read something into something means
B2
To assign an importance or meaning to an action or remark that may not be present
Don't read too much into his silence.
Similar phrasal verbs
With read: read out, read over, read up.
With into: get into, patch into, break into, let something into something, look into, make something into something, pull into, put something into something, rip into, go into.
Common questions
What does read something into something mean?
To assign an importance or meaning to an action or remark that may not be present.
What is the past tense of read something into something?
Read something into something, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
